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...importance to the team’s success this year is undeniable. It’s no coincidence that during the Crimson’s eight-game undefeated streak following its disappointing Ivy-opener loss to Penn, Hagner had 13 points. And in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament against Northeastern Nov. 14, she knocked in a goal, too.Hagner, Sheeleigh, and reigning Ivy League Rookie of the Year Melanie Baskind form a three-pronged offensive attack that is downright frightening for opposing defenses to handle.“I play with two of the best forwards in the league...
...November until early February. A strong performance in the Beanpot and a string of late-season wins seemed to indicate that the Crimson had a shot at the ECAC Championship and a bid to the NCAA tournament.But the seemingly miraculous turnaround screeched to a sudden stop with a first-round loss to Brown in the ECAC Championship tournament.“This season was obviously a disappointment for us all,” incoming captain Alex Biega said. “I think overall we showed some promising signs…but unfortunately we couldn’t consistently...
...Europe's railroad industry, for decades dominated by stodgy state-owned monopolies, is ready for a renaissance of its own. A looming round of deregulation is set to spark an industry restructuring, pitting existing state-owned railroads against smaller private upstarts. At the same time, countries including Spain, Italy and France are spending billions of dollars on new high-speed railroads and rolling stock to compete with airlines. All this means one thing for travelers in Europe contemplating a switch from increasingly stressful and time-consuming air travel to more civilized rail: all aboard. (See pictures of Paris...
...football, and let the people's sport remain a people's sport.' " Wang is not alone in his conviction. In recent years, amateur football leagues have started to catch on in larger neighborhoods in Beijing. On May 17, as 12 teams in the Huilongguan Super League played their 9th round, at least four other community championships were being played across Beijing. The Chinese Super League was also concluding its 9th round on the same day, with a 0-0 game between Chongqing city and Changsha city, played in a half-empty stadium...
...drills than innovative play. Street play has picked up in recent years in Beijing and Shanghai, but that has yet to translate into a flood of dynamic national players. Despite its home-court advantage in Beijing last year, the Chinese Olympic hoops team made it only to the quarterfinal round before getting trounced by Lithuania...